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Wikipedia Executive Director Sue Gardner and her favoured bullies couldn't figure out how to get a visual editor to work. But they certainly knew how to drive off conservative users. Although I had eight years experience and 33,000 edits, I could still be dismissed with a "You're done here" and a form letter from Arbcom. (I'm "Kauffner" on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits this list].) I knew the rules by that time and it's not like one day I decided to go on a rule-breaking rampage.

Wikipedia Executive Director Sue Gardner and her favoured bullies couldn't figure out how to get a visual editor to work. But they did know how to drive off conservative users. Although I had eight years experience and 33,000 edits, I could still be dismissed with a "You're done here" and a form letter from Arbcom. (I'm "Kauffner" on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits this list].) I knew the rules by that time and it's not like one day I decided to go on a rule-breaking rampage.

If Hollywood filmed this story, we would start with Gardner in her office reading [[User:PeterKa/Filipacchi | this essay]], or perhaps one of my other cheeky and amusing takes on Wikipedia goings on. Then she would roar, "Will no man rid me of this meddlesome editor!" Her minions would rush in, sharpening their laptops and girding their tablets. But that's the legend. Who knows how these grudge matches get started? At any rate, I was greatly relieved when Gardner finally left Wikipedia on June 1.

If Hollywood filmed this story, we would start with Gardner in her office reading [[User:PeterKa/Filipacchi | my send up of the gender categories controversy]], or one of my other amusing and insightful takes on Wikipedia goings on. Then she would roar, "Will no man rid me of this meddlesome editor!" Her minions would rush in, sharpening their laptops and girding their tablets. But that's the legend. Who knows how these grudge matches get started? At any rate, I was greatly relieved when Gardner finally left Wikipedia on June 1.

In June 2012, Arbcom decided to topic ban an editor named GoodDay after other editors harassed and provoked him. Editors who saw this decision as a vindication of bullying tried to extend it to me. One editor named In ictu oculi became obsessed with my case, spent the next year going through my editing history looking for people who might have grudges against me, and fashioning them into a team. I was brought before ANI several times. The complaints related to the issue of [[diacritics]] in Vietnamese titles, although I had written the guideline on this subject myself.

In June 2012, Arbcom decided to topic ban an editor named GoodDay after other editors harassed and provoked him. Editors who saw this decision as a vindication of bullying tried to extend it to me. One editor named In ictu oculi became obsessed with my case, spent the next year going through my editing history looking for people who might have grudges against me, and fashioning them into a team. I was brought before ANI several times. The complaints related to the issue of [[diacritics]] in Vietnamese titles, although I had written the guideline on this subject myself.